Marconi Park 'letting the town down,' say Judges
IBAL LITTER LEAGUE POINTS THE FINGER AT ESTATE
Wednesday August 25 2010
' YOU ARE letting Enniscorthy down'. That was the message to Marconi Park from the Irish Business League Against Litter this week. Enniscorthy was relegated to the 'moderately littered' division in the latest league table and I.B.A.L. adjudicator pointed the finger firmly at the estate off the road to The Still: 'This was by far the most heavily littered site surveyed in Enniscorthy,' was the conclusion of the inspector.
'It wasn't just casually littered but suffered from dumping and the remains of a bonfire.' Trees planted in the area have also been vandalised.
Enniscorthy tidy towns chairman Billy Murphy has appealed to the people of Marconi Park to tidy up their act, as he put it. He said that his organisation would go out of their way to assist in any way they could, if they showed a willingness to improve their surroundings.
'There are accepted standards that pertain to all housing estates and that people are
expected to live by. I appeal to their better nature,' said Billy Murphy. 'If they are contributing to the name of Enniscorthy as littered, then they should consider that they are affecting everyone.' He pointed out that the assessor from I.B.A.L. will be back to pay a return visit.
He joined in the congratulations to Wexford which earned the accolade 'Ireland's cleanest town' from I.B.A.L. Meanwhile, the cathedral town limped in 31st of the 53 centres surveyed, behind the likes of Carlow (5th), Waterford (17th) and Arklow (26th). At least Enniscorthy managed to come in ahead of New Ross which was branded 'littered' as it was placed 46th in the ratings.
The inspector gave full marks to the Nunnery Road, the quays, Bellefield Road and Church Street (a 'really clean street'). Litter was noted on the Dublin road, New Ross road, Main Street and Slaney Street. The report noted that the car park at Lidl was spotless - but rubbish in the shrubbery led to a loss of marks.
However, the most critical comments were reserved for Marconi Park, which is less than five years occupied. Town clerk Padraig O'Gorman accepted that the estate had been identified as a 'major bugbear' by I.B.A.L. He pointed out that Marconi Park is a county council estate and felt that, otherwise, the report was reasonably okay.
